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February 6, 2016 06:00 am
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/BvtGMMspYw0/avast-safezone-browser-lets-attackers-access-your-filesystem
Avast SafeZone Browser Lets Attackers Access Your Filesystem
An anonymous reader writes: Just two days after Comodo's Chromodo browser was publicly shamed by Google Project Zero security researcher Tavis Ormandy, it's now Avast's turn to be publicly scorned for failing to provide a "secure" browser for its users. Called SafeZone, and also known as Avastium, Avast's custom browser is offered as a bundled download for all who purchase or upgrade to a paid version of Avast Antivirus 2016. This poor excuse of a browser was allowing attackers to access files on the user's filesystem just by clicking on malicious links. The browser wouldn't even have to be opened, and the malicious link could be clicked in "any" browser.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/BvtGMMspYw0/avast-safezone-browser-lets-attackers-access-your-filesystem
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